by Bruce | October 17, 2009 | Articles, Book Reviews, Leadership, Strategy
Jim Collins, author of the perennial business best-sellers Good to Great and Built to Last is back, and in this outing he presents what sounds like the most timely How the Mighty Fall: And Why Some Companies Never Give In. I must note that I count myself a big fan of...
by Bruce | March 23, 2009 | Adam Smith Himself, Articles, Book Reviews, Finance
From time to time, people ask me what I’m reading when trying to figure out what is going on in the economy these days. A glib response might be, "anything I can get my hands on," but the question deserves a more thoughtful response, so herewith a book...
by Bruce | January 9, 2009 | Articles, Book Reviews
Ten years after publishing The Future of Law, Richard Susskind is back with what in many ways is an extended sequel, The End of Lawyers? If you don’t know Richard (disclosure: I do, and consider him a friend), it’s high time. From the dust jacket:...
by Bruce | February 10, 2008 | Articles, Book Reviews, Strategy
Rarely do I review books that disappoint, but there’s a first time for everything, and I want to report that in my opinion David Nasaw’s 850+-page Andrew Carnegie (Penguin: 2007) is skippable. This is a shame. Carnegie, aside from being perhaps...
by Bruce | July 14, 2007 | Articles, Book Reviews, Cultural Considerations, Globalization, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Strategy
A couple of weeks ago, the two volume history of the firm of Allen & Overy arrived FedEx from Europe. I had just recently learned that the books existed, and the firm was kind enough to send me them when I expressed interest. When they arrived, they...
by Bruce | June 20, 2007 | Articles, Book Reviews, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Strategy
If you are fascinated as I am by the congeries of issues lying at the intersection of the "partnership ethos" and "corporate-like management," then you need to be familiar with the work of Dr. Laura Empson, as highlighted in Aric Press’s...
